Method of making wooden spoons



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I 4,. LEWIS METHOD OF MAKING WOODEN SPOONS Filed Dec. 24 1924 j/l/zA/rm. 15 Jm/v LEW/5.

gz 279a Patented Nov. 3, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE.

Application filed December 24,. 1924.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN LEWIS, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of Brownville, in the State of Maine and United States of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Methods of Making Vooden Spoons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the method of making wooden spoons adapted for ice cream and the like and the object of the invention is to produce a spoon that will not be slivered or splintered around the edges.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the method consists essentially of cutting a single roll of veneer from the inside whereby unwinding is unnecessary and whereby firm, unsplintered edges are formed on the product.

In order to more clearly describe my improved method I have provided the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is an elevation of a roll of veneer in position on a bed plate with cut ting die in position ready for punching,

Figure 2 represents a fragmentary perspective view of a strip of veneer showing the edge with spoon out out and the next out indicated in dotted lines,

Figure 2- is a fragmentary sectional view of a strip of veneer showing the bulge adjacentthe outer end, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the finished product in the form of a spoon.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure, 10 indicates a sin le roll of veneer comprising a plurality of plies 11 formed as indi cated in Figure o adjacent the outer end with a continuous bulge 12, conforming to the shape of a bowl of a spoon.

In carrying out my improved method the veneer is supported on the bed plate 13 and a die 14 used to out in a single operation through all the plies from the inside to form a. spoon 1 5 from each ply of veneer, as shown in Figure 4, with unslivered and clean cut edges therearound.

JOHN LEWIS, OF BROWNVILLE, MAINE.

METHOD OF MAKING WOODEN SIPOONS.

Serial No. 757,905.

Heretofore it has been the practice to unwind and straighten out the dilferent plies from the roll of veneer and then cut them from the outside. This has not been found satisfactory, the edges of the resulting product being slivered and splintered and the plies of veneer being very liable to become broken in handling to straighten them out.

In my improved method these objections are completely overcome and a practically perfect, unsplintered spoon is formed.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention within the scope of the claims, con structed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matters contained in the present specification and drawings shall be interpreted in an illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is:

1. The within described method of cutting from the inside a single unwound roll of veneer comprising a plurality of plies forming a product with unsplintered edges.

2. The method of forming wooden spoons which consists in cutting from the inside a single roll of veneer comprising a plurality of plies without unwinding said roll.

3. The method of forming wooden spoons with unsplintered edges which consists in placing a roll of veneer comprising a plurality of plies on a bed plate, arranging the roll, without unwinding it, between the bed plate and a punching die and operating the punching die to out the roll from the inside.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, in which the plies forming the roll of veneer are shaped, before being cut, to conform to the bowl of a spoon.

5. The method of forming wooden spoons which consists in cutting from the inside a roll of veneer comprising a plurality of bowl shaped plies without unwinding the roll.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOHN LEWIS. 

